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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xinyuan Dai

Xinyuan Dai

Associate Professor
257 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-3409
xdai@illinois.edu


Ph.D., Political Science, The University of Chicago, 2000.

research interests:

  • Theories of international relations
  • International cooperation
  • International institutions
  • International environmental politics
  • International human rights
  • Game theory

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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching

  • 2006 Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, Political Science 380 and Political Science 589, Spring 2006. (2006)
  • 2007 Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, Political Science 380, Spring 2007. (2007)
  • 2008 Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, Political Science 380 and Political Science 499, Spring 2008. (2008)

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship, 2008-2009.
  • Research Board Award, University of Illinois, 2004, and 2005-2006.
  • Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1999 - 2001.
  • United States Institute of Peace, Peace Scholarship, 1997 - 1998.
  • MacArthur Foundation / Social Science Research Council, Dissertation Fellowship, 1996 - 1997.
  • The University of Chicago, University Fellowship, 1992 - 1996.

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • Dai, Xinyuan. International Institutions and National Policies. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Journal Articles

  • “The Conditional Nature of Democratic Compliance.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (5), 690-713, October 2006.

  • “Dyadic Myth and Monadic Advantage: Conceptualizing the Effect of Democratic Constraints on Trade.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 18 (3), 267-296, July 2006.

  •  “Why Comply? The Domestic Constituency Mechanism.” International Organization 59 (2), 363-398, Spring 2005.

  • “Information Systems of Treaty Regimes.” World Politics 54 (4), 405-436, July 2002.

  • “Political Regimes and International Trade: The Democratic Difference Revisited.” American Political Science Review 96 (1), 159-165, March 2002.

  • On the Changing Structure of Social Networks in Urban China.”  With Ruan, Danching, Linton Freeman, Xinyuan Dai, Yunkang Pan, & Wenhong Zhang. Social Networks 19 (1), 75-89, January 1997.